The Spark Vol. 4 Issue 2: "Intelligence" is Live! Dear readers, Part one of our second issue is officially live, and we want you to be the first to read it! This month, our writers are diving deep into the messy, fascinating world of Intelligence. What goes on in our consciousness? How do what we think lead to what AT Nonfiction & Rhetoric • Issue 2: Intelligence
Public Humiliation: Auto-Delivered to Your DMs Is humiliation the new form of online connection? Inside automated DMs, gut indigestion, Instagram influencers, and the art of feeling seen. Kaitlyn Yoon
You Should Waste Your Time Students at SAS are ambitious and focused. However, pursuing our interests outside of the AP guidelines might help us think more creatively to better achieve our academic goals. Elan Wang • Cultural Criticism
Turning the Page on Reading for Fun Around the world, the literacy crisis looms ahead. Forget assigned reading; no one even reads as a pastime anymore. But why on Earth is this crisis affecting everyone I know—including myself? Koel Aggarwal • Cultural Criticism
Are My Accomodations an Unfair Advantage? To the Korean moms I'd grown up around, my extra time on tests was a shortcut, making my SAT score meaningless. So I gave it up, determined to prove my intelligence without it. One sixty-minute exam later, I started wondering who I'd been proving it to. Myungjun Kang • Personal Essays
Art by Sarah Efron Sym(a)biosis: Is Human Enhancement Unnatural? Transhumanists want to merge humans with technology, and critics say that goes against nature. But the urge to go beyond ourselves started long before machines. Sarah Efron • Issue 2: Intelligence
